Original Jim Acosta Footage

The problem is that a growing chorus of critics now claim that the video Sanders shared had been purposefully doctored to make Acosta's inappropriate touching look worse.

"This video is doctored. It's slowed down and then sped up at the moment Acosta's hand comes down to make it look like he's doing a karate chop or something. This is shameful propaganda. It's Orwellian," Entertainment Weekly correspondent Dana Schwartz tweeted, echoing the sentiment of many others.